Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Italy/Straits of Messina (1970, Cavaliere and Berdar 1975, cited by Culurgioni et al. 2019; Castriota and Falutano 2021) Cavaliere A, ; Berdar A (1975) Presenza di Callinectes sapidus Rathbun (Decapoda Brachyura) nello Stretto di Messina. Bollettino Pesca, Piscicoltura e Idrobiologia 30: 315-322

Geographic Extent

Italy/Straits of Messina (1975, Cavaliere and Berdar 1975, cited by Culurgioni et al. 2019); Porto Budello; Sardinia/Italy/Ionian Sea (Culurgioni et al. 2019);; Mazara del Vallo harbour, Sicily/Italy/Strait of Sicily (10/2018, Falsone et al. 2020); Iraly/Tyrhennian Sea (widespread, but not abundant, according to citizen-scientiists (Cerri et al. 2020); Tunisia/Bizerte Lagoon, Ichkeul Lake (2019, Shaiek